European Commission approves BA-IB merger, JV with AA

The European Commission yesterday approved the proposed merger between British Airways and Iberia without imposing conditions as well as BA/IB's planned joint venture with American Airlines on transatlantic flights.

The European Commission yesterday approved the proposed merger between British Airways and Iberia without imposing conditions as well as BA/IB's planned joint venture with American Airlines on transatlantic flights.
The EC said it examined the effects of the proposed merger on the markets of passenger and cargo transport, ground handling and MRO services and concluded that the “transaction will not significantly impede effective competition on any of the markets concerned by ...

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